• Discussions taking place within this forum are intended for the purpose of assisting you in discussing options with your vet. Any other use of advice given here is done so at your risk, is solely your responsibility and not that of this forum or its owner. Before posting it is your responsibility you abide by this Statement

Nostril bleeding!

R

rstone

New Born Pup
Joined
Oct 1, 2021
Messages
13
Reaction score
7
Points
140
Location
England
I went to pick up my little sow guinea pig (around 7-8 months old) last night and noticed she had blood around her nostril. I cleaned it up and monitored and more blood appeared.

We took a trip to the emergency vets last night who said there was no obvious cause of trauma or problems with teeth with temperature being normal too. Woke up this morning and more blood was around her little nostril. I took them to our fabulous local exotic vet this morning & he’s not too sure either. He said it doesn’t sound like respiratory as lungs and breathing are no worse than normal; could be a polyp but he’s never seen one in a pig this young (though won’t rule it out); can’t be trauma as he pushed her nose and she wasn’t phased or in pain & there was nothing in her mouth or teeth. He also said it’s not anything big up her nose as she’d be constantly sneezing, but perhaps just some dust or seed in there has irritated the inside of her nose. He also said it’s good it’s not dripping blood. He’s given me some Loxicom to ease inflammation but if it gets worse (dripping blood) we have to go again to out of hours or back to him tomorrow. Similarly, if it doesn’t get better she has to go on Monday for a camera down her nose but she’d have to go under for it, which isn’t ideal as my two sows already have respiratory issues and are young.

Has anyone experienced this before or know what it could be? Worried!
 
I should also add she’s absolutely fine within herself!
 
Bleeding in the nose can signal in rare cases a tooth growing the wrong way round and into the nose or sadly a brain tumour. Most of the more obvious and common causes have been checked by both vets.

I hope that the bleeding is stopping soon. Nose bleeds are always worrying. You have done exactly the right thing.
 
Wiebke said:
Bleeding in the nose can signal in rare cases a tooth growing the wrong way round and into the nose or sadly a brain tumour. Most of the more obvious and common causes have been checked by both vets.

I hope that the bleeding is stopping soon. Nose bleeds are always worrying. You have done exactly the right thing.
Click to expand...
Thank you for your reply & assurance Wiebke. Fingers crossed it’s not the latter, I couldn’t bare it. Keeping everything crossed the bleeding stops soon & she’s on the mend.
 
srar said:
Thank you for your reply & assurance Wiebke. Fingers crossed it’s not the latter, I couldn’t bare it. Keeping everything crossed the bleeding stops soon & she’s on the mend.
Click to expand...

I did loose my Carwyn to a brain tumour in 2018 but we see a case not even every year so you have to be fairly unlucky.

It is however something to keep at the back of the mind if the bleeding cannot be pinned down because the only warning I had was a one-off bloody sneeze two months before he started showing signs of being unwell that could not be pinned down and then not very long after developing a heavy bleed down his nose and back of the throat over the course of the night; that's when I was pretty sure and the vet that saw Carwyn the next morning as an emergency came to the same conclusion. :(

It's not the only possibility but it is unfortunately one possibility for a mystery nose bleed.
 
Wiebke said:
I did loose my Carwyn to a brain tumour in 2018 but we see a case not even every year so you have to be fairly unlucky.

It is however something to keep at the back of the mind if the bleeding cannot be pinned down because the only warning I had was a one-off bloody sneeze two months before he started showing signs of being unwell that could not be pinned down and then in the end developing heavy bleed down his nose and back of the throat; that's when I was pretty sure and the vet that saw Carwyn the next morning came to the same conclusion. :(

It's not the only possibility but it is unfortunately one possibility for a mystery nose bleed.
Click to expand...
Oh I’m so sorry to hear that about your little Carwyn. How awful for you both to go through. :( Thank you for sharing your story & being so honest.
 
One of my pigs, Linney, had repeat heavy nosebleeds at a much older age. They were real gushers. She was seen by a vet, who thought it could have possibly been a benign polyp or a malignancy in the nasal cavity... there was not much to do for treatment either way. Nothing could be really seen of the soft tissue on imaging. We ended up just letting her be and seeing what developed... she continued to have occasional nosebleeds until she passed away about six or seven months later (she was over 6 years old at the time, so it was within the normal guinea pig lifespan.) No idea if the nosebleeds were in any way connected to her passing, but given the 6 or 7 month timespan I don't think so... the vet said that a malignancy in the head would likely cause her to pass fairly quickly and she was fine for another half a year after her first nosebleed.

I hope your piggie just has a poke in the nose or a polyp and is just fine! :)
 
Freela said:
One of my pigs, Linney, had repeat heavy nosebleeds at a much older age. They were real gushers. She was seen by a vet, who thought it could have possibly been a benign polyp or a malignancy in the nasal cavity... there was not much to do for treatment either way. Nothing could be really seen of the soft tissue on imaging. We ended up just letting her be and seeing what developed... she continued to have occasional nosebleeds until she passed away about six or seven months later (she was over 6 years old at the time, so it was within the normal guinea pig lifespan.) No idea if the nosebleeds were in any way connected to her passing, but given the 6 or 7 month timespan I don't think so... the vet said that a malignancy in the head would likely cause her to pass fairly quickly and she was fine for another half a year after her first nosebleed.

I hope your piggie just has a poke in the nose or a polyp and is just fine! :)
Click to expand...
So sorry to hear about your Linney, Freela.

Thank you so much for your informative response. Keeping everything crossed it’s nothing serious & just a one off hay poke etc. She’s still as mad as a hatter this evening & zooming all over the show! :)
 
srar said:
So sorry to hear about your Linney, Freela.

Thank you so much for your informative response. Keeping everything crossed it’s nothing serious & just a one off hay poke etc. She’s still as mad as a hatter this evening & zooming all over the show! :)
Click to expand...
Thanks! I'm glad she's feeling well... hopefully it was just a random piece of hay up the nose or something! Fingers crossed and all the best!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top